I'm unemployed. I know I'm not alone. Even though I have a doctorate and 20 years of experience as a Marriage and Family Therapist, I haven't been able to find a job in some time. Back when my mentor told me I had passed the doctoral examination, she said that I would have a permanent credential-one that no one could take away from me. She was right. I do have the credential. Now where is the job? My mentor couldn't possibly have foreseen the fact that I would be headed out into the market in the worst economic climate since the Great Depression.
for a study on The Effects of Religious Variance in Working with Sexual Minorities
September 13, 2011
You are being invited to participate in this project entitled The Effects of Religious Variance in Working with Sexual Minorities (lesbians and gay males).
by Ingrid Arnet Connidis, Ph.D., the University of Western Ontario
Occasionally a concept comes along that resonates with the research community. A recent example is the idea of ambivalence. Despite some reservations, an impressive array of studies has used ambivalence in creative and thoughtful ways to enhance our understanding of intergenerational relations.
by Marilyn Coleman, Ph.D. and Lawrence Ganong, Ph.D., University of Missouri
Most Americans agree that "adult children should take care of their parents when they get old." But suppose that your parents divorced when you were 10 years old and your mother moved far away. Would that affect how you would feel about helping her? Would that make a difference to you?
by Marie LaHaye, M.S. candidate and graduate research assistant, Project HOME, Family & Developmental Studies Program, Colorado State University
Imagine you have just retired from teaching and are looking forward to retirement and pursuing your own interests. Then, one afternoon, you receive a call from social services that your daughter has been arrested, so her two children are being placed in your care. What will you do?
by Joshua Coleman, Ph.D., Co-Chair of the Council on Contemporary Families, www.drjoshuacoleman.com
Despite the common assumption that parental estrangement only occurs in those cases where there was severe child maltreatment, plenty of parents have little to no contact with their adult children due to reasons unrelated to poor parenting.
One out of three girls & one out of six boys will be sexually abused by their 18th birthday (and most often by family member or friends of the family). This heartwarming book teaches how to recognize, protect and respond to child sexual abuse. A must read for potenital heroes everywhere.
